Live at Madison Square Garden (Shawn Mendes album)

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Live at Madison Square Garden
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Live album by
ReleasedDecember 23, 2016 (2016-12-23)
Recorded Madison Square Garden
September 10, 2016
Genre Pop rock
Length62:33
Label
Shawn Mendes chronology
Illuminate
(2016)
Live at Madison Square Garden
(2016)
MTV Unplugged
(2017)

Live at Madison Square Garden is the first live album by Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes. The album features the hit singles "Mercy", "Treat You Better", Stitches" and "Life of the Party" alongside special medleys of other songs. The album was released worldwide, digitally on December 19, 2016.

Contents

Background and release

On 10 September 2016, Mendes recorded his one-night-only Madison Square Garden show which was a part of his Shawn Mendes World Tour which took place across North America and Europe throughout 2016. The album serves to document the singer-songwriter's first-time ever headlining the historic New York City venue. The album was announced on 19 December 2016 and released 4 days later. [1]

Following the performance Mendes' second album, Illuminate , debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart in September. He headlined Radio City Music Hall and performed on Saturday Night Live in December 2016. [2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic said; "Live at Madison Square Garden is a digital-only document of Shawn Mendes' September 10, 2016 concert in New York City... The crowd was primed for Mendes, who delivered earnest renditions of his hits, a couple of medleys, and teasers from the new record ( Illuminate ). If the record isn't especially kinetic, it's nevertheless sincere and Mendes relies on the same increasing sense of craft that made his second record stronger than his debut, which helps make this a nice little souvenir for fans."

Track listing

Live at Madison Square Garden [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Weight"3:56
2."Treat You Better"
4:17
3."Lights On"
  • Mendes
  • Harris
  • Geoffrey Warburton
4:32
4."I Don't Even Know Your Name / Aftertaste / Kid in Love / I Want You Back"7:16
5."Bad Reputation"
  • Mendes
  • Harris
  • Warburton
5:12
6."Ruin"
  • Mendes
  • Zimishlany
  • Harris
  • Warburton
  • Zubin Thakkar
7:53
7."Life of the Party"
  • Mendes
  • Harris
3:19
8."Three Empty Words"
  • Mendes
  • Harris
  • Warburton
  • Zmishlany
4:05
9."Don't Be a Fool"
  • Mendes
  • Harris
  • Warburton
4:51
10."Mercy"4:23
11."Never Be Alone / Hey There Delilah"
6:12
12."Stitches"
  • Mendes
  • Geiger
6:37

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [5] 99
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [6] 67
US Billboard 200 [7] 200

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef
WorldwideDecember 23, 2016 Digital download [8]

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